29 years.

[paul cottingham]

Just like last year, today is my 29 th anniversary of my sobriety. Just thought I'd share.

[Von Bickley]

Congratulations...... Good job.

[Jerry Thompson]

Great ain't it? You and I have the same amount of time in. I could have tiled the bathroom with white chips until "Somethin' snapped."
Congratulations Paul.

[Prashun Patel]

Congratulations. I teared up @ this a little. I know how hard addictions can be to break. Does it ever get easier than one-day-at-a-time?

[Frank Drew]

I quit smoking 29 years ago this Spring; smartest thing I've ever done.

[Dale Cruea]

I quit counting at somewhere around 35. All I can remember is that it was about the time my oldest son was born. He just turned 40 the other day.
So I must be approaching the 40 year mark.
Nice job Paul. It gets tough some days.

[paul cottingham]

Congratulations. I teared up @ this a little. I know how hard addictions can be to break. Does it ever get easier than one-day-at-a-time?

For me, no. I still remember what beer and bourbon tasted like, and I miss them. It was tough going through the brain surgeries I did without narcotics, for example (plain tylenol rules!) but I am literally terrified of slipping.
I don't have another sober in me.
on the other hand I know a few people who never looked back.

[Paul McGaha]

Congratulations Paul. Nice job.

[Rod Sheridan]

Congratulations, an outstanding achievement that you should be extremely proud of............Regards, Rod.

[Prashun Patel]

Keep on truckin'.

[Jerry Thompson]

Yes, Prashun, it does get easier. It says in the Big Book of AA, I'm paraphrasing, the before we are half way through the compulsion to drink will be magically remove without one even realizing it.

[paul cottingham]

My personality is such that its easier if I still struggle. Nowhere near as much as when I first sobered up, of course. A paradox for sure. I know people who fell back, cause "getting and staying sober is easy."

[Patrick McCarthy]

Paul, Keep up the good fight. You are rightly proud of a huge accomplishment. Best personal regards, Patrick

[Joe Angrisani]

Well done, Paul!

[paul cottingham]

Paul, Keep up the good fight. You are rightly proud of a huge accomplishment. Best personal regards, Patrick

I talk openly about my sobriety not out of a sense of pride, but instead, out of self preservation. I have found that if I am open about the fact that I am a drunk, in my mind, I am "accountable" to everyone I have been open with.
It makes sense to me, anyways....:-)